Today in history

In 1876,

Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

In 1910,

President William Howard Taft signed the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.

In 1938,

the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.

In 1947,

“The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.

In 1950,

war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.

In 1967,

the Beatles performed and recorded their new song “All You Need Is Love” during the closing segment of “Our World,” the first-ever live international telecast which was carried by satellite from 14 countries.

In 1981,

the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that male-only draft registration was constitutional.

In 1993,

Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's 19th prime minister, the first woman to hold the post.